Shoe-clasp.



M. KOZLOWSKI.

SHOE CLASP. APPLICATION FILED DEC.26, 1914.

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MARTIN KOZLOWS KI,

0F GREEN SBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOE-CLASR To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN KOZLOWSKI, subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, residing at Greensburg, in the county of lVestmorelandand State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain and useful Improvementsin Shoe-Clasps, of which the following is a specification.

his invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in shoeclasps.

The primary object of the invention is to provide clasps to take theplace of shoe buttons employed for securing the flaps of shoes in aclosed position. i

A further object is to provide an inexpensive and an efficientsubstitute for shoe closing devices which is operable without theemployment of strings or buttons.

A still further object is to provide a closure means for shoes wherebythe overlying flap may be readily locked to the edge of the shoe upperupon superposing the said flap upon the upper with the respectiveelements of the clasp removably interengaged.

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and set forth in theappended claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in whichlike-designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe provided withthe present invention and illustrated as closed. Fig. 2 is an enlargedcentral longitudinal sectional view through the device attached to ashoe and being shown in its interlocked position. Fig. 3 is a top planview thereof. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken upon lineIV-IV of Fig. 3, and Figs. 5 and 6 are perspective views of the twomembers forming the device detached and separated from each other.

Referring more in detail to the drawings the shoe 10 is illustrated ashaving a shoe flap 11 adapted to overlap the adjacent edge 12 of theupper 13, while the present device is adapted to removably secure theflap in closed relation mounted upon the said edge 12.

he invention consists of a block or hook member 14 fixedly mounted uponthe edge 12 v Specification of Letters Patent. Application filedDecember 26,

Patented June 22, 1915. 1914. Serial No. 379,094.

and adapted to be interengaged by a socket or receiving member 15 whichis fixedly secured through the flap 11.

It will be of course noted that a plurality of the clasps are providedupon each shoe for holding the same closed, each clasp conslsting of asocket and hook member as herein set forth.

The hook member 14 consists of a triangular shaped block 16 mountedsubstantially centrally upon a supporting base 17, While the edge 18 ofthe block at the apex of the triangular block is inwardly inclined asWell as the sides 19 of the block from the outer triangular face 20 ofthe block to its point of attachment with the base. Perforations 21 areprovided through the base 17 and the hook member is secured to the edge12 by means of stitches 29 taken through the said edge and passingthrough the perforations 21.

he socket member 15 has the outer appearance of a block substantiallytriangular in form and with its outer or closed face 22 of the-same areaas the hook base 17. A peripheral groove 23 is provided around thesocket member into which the edge 24 of an eyelet or button-hole made inthe tie is adapted to be firmly seated and retained therein by thestiffening or bracing stitches 25 which are sewed through the flapencompassing the socket member. An open socket 26 is provided in theunder side of the socket member 15 being formed complementally withrespect to the hook block 16 although being of slightly greater lengththan the said block for allowing a slight free space as at 27 at thebase of the block when the parts are assembled.

With this detailed description of the device, it will be seen that withthe socket member secured to the flap and the hook member secured in acorresponding position upon the edge of the upper, an interengagement ofthe members is readily effected by bringing the socket member over thehook block 16 by first inserting the pointed end 28 of the block intothe converging end of the socket and whereby the socket member will bereadily seated over the block 16 and the block will be thus wedgedwithin the socket and with the socket member resting upon the base 17 asbest illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4. While the width of the space 27 issubstantially equal to the amount of inclination of the block edge 18,me said block 16 has its opposite sides 19 and its edge 18 closelyfitting within the socket.

While the form of the invention herein shown and described is what isbelieved to be the preferred embodiment thereof, it is nevertheless tobe understood that minor changes may be made therein without departingfrom the spirit and scope of the'invention as set forth in the claim.

What I claim as new is A device of the class described, comprising ablock member and a socket member, the said block member including abase, a triangular-shaped block mounted upon the base and having twoinclined sides meeting in an apex line inwardly inclined to the saidbase to provide an undercut edge, the said socket member being ofsubstantially the MARTIN KOZLOWSKI.

Witnesses FRYNK GROHOEL, UNUKE KABALAK.

